Miriam Hospital

Validity and Reliability of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire in Adult Mexican Women

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to validate the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire‐4 (SATAQ‐4) in Mexican women, evaluating its factor structure, internal consistency, temporal stability, convergent validity, and measurement invariance in women with and...

Implementing Mental Health and Substance Use Screening at a Sexual Health Clinic.

PURPOSE: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience heightened mental health problems and substance misuse. Improved approaches to screening for behavioral health in this population are needed. We evaluated the implementation of a digital intake platform incorporatin...

Association Between Perceived Interpersonal Support and Quality of Life Among Adult Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy at an Integrated Academic Cancer Institute.

PURPOSE: Increased interpersonal support may improve the quality of life of patients with a cancer diagnosis. We seek to determine the relationship between perceived interpersonal support (PIS) and quality of life (QOL) among adult patients receiving chemotherapy infusions at an...

Impact of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy on Fetal and Neonatal Neurobehavioral Development: A Narrative Review.

BACKGROUND: Maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) remains a common source of prenatal drug exposure worldwide. MSDP has been shown to increase fetal health risks and interfere with fetal development. Although newborns prenatally exposed to other substances (e.g., opiates, benz...